Anal Bioanal Chem DOI 10.1007/s00216-014-7671-5

EDITORIAL

Chemosensors and chemoreception Jong-Heun Lee & Hyung Gi Byun

# Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

The objective of this topical collection is to report on the most recent research into and applications of chemical sensing and olfaction. It focuses in particular on chemosensors (gas sensors) and chemoreception (artificial olfaction), and the interactions between them. With the widespread use of chemicalsensor devices, there has been much investigation of highly sensitive, selective, and stable chemoresistors using oxide semiconductors, conducting polymers, graphenes, and carbon nanotubes. The diversity of sensing materials provides a variety of benefits, including flexible design, low temperature (power) operation, and integration into portable devices, in addition to crucial “3S” requirements (sensitivity, selectivity, and stability), which will enable innumerable new applications using chemosensors. To realize these benefits, understanding and investigation of the mechanisms and materials of chemosensors are essential. The information gathered from chemoresistors is extremely useful for enabling chemoreception in artificial olfaction devices. These devices, designed to mimic the mammalian sensory system, are gaining favor for odor and/or gas assessment applications in a variety of fields: environmental quality monitoring, food and beverage quality control, medical diagnosis, and others. In this paper collection, we invited front-line researchers to submit original research articles and critical reviews on chemosensors and chemoreception.

Published in the topical collection Chemosensors and Chemoreception with guest editors Jong-Heun Lee and Hyung-Gi Byun. J.

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